Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Bill Debate
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John Hemming
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Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Bill
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John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley) (LD)
Schedule 1 makes an exception for Members of Parliament who lobby on behalf of people living in their constituencies, but does not refer to Members of the European Parliament, Members of devolved Administrations, city councillors and the like. Do the Government intend to require councillors who write to Ministers on behalf of their electorates to register themselves as consultant lobbyists?
Mr Lansley
No. We believe that the position is the same as that relating to Members of Parliament, and that given the nature of what constitutes the business of consultant lobbying, the Bill would not include those who were not involved in that business.